Rev. Harlan G. Vanden Einde is pastor of the Oakdale Park Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan. “SUNDAY OBSERVANCE” The author of this question expresses his deep concern regarding a group of people from the church who are making it a practice to get together every Sunday morning for breakfast and Bible study in a […]

Recently the Grand Rapids Press and the Kalamazoo Gazette reported that a major supermarket chain, Meijers, is being sued for firing a member of the Christian Reformed Church who refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons. The federal government accused Meijer Inc. of violating the civil rights of a cake decorator claiming that the […]

They told her she was fired. She had faithfully worked for them for some time, putting in overtime, always going the extra mile to help a customer, but today she was fired. Why? There were all kinds of reasons, they said. All kinds of reasons, except one. They made very clear that the reason she […]